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In one of the scenes Hopkins is trying to make what I think is a fish hook or something. He's obviously been in the wilderness for a while so he's not clean shaven but he isn't exactly beardy either. However, during the scene with this fish hook his beard changes from moderate to bushy to moderate again within seconds. See more...

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The Edge (1997) - 7 corrections

Directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins (add more)

Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller

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Charles and Robert manage to outrun a charging Alaskan brown bear over a course of several hundred meters, leading it into a trap. This is absurd. The absolute maximum running speed of a human being is about 27 kilometers an hour, and that is for an appropriately dressed, fit athlete over a very short course on flat ground. They are in a rock strewn stream and are wearing heavy winter clothes. An Alaskan brown bear could hit 45 kmh in that environment without popping a sweat and could keep that up for a kilometer or more. When enraged or charging prey - as this one was - they have been clocked at 56kmh. This is nothing to do with an adrenaline rush - that will not enable Charles or Robert to exceed their body's maximum running speed by 200%. [A healthy bear in its prime can certainly outrun a human, but if this one was old, ill, or physically impaired in some way, it would be unable to move very fast or with much agility. That may also be one reason why it was more inclined to attack the men, whereas bears generally avoid humans.]

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When Alec Baldwin has his Winchester aimed at Anthony Hopkins, just before he falls into the trap, you can see that Baldwin's left ear is filled with rubber that wasn't there before. [I have watched this scene frame-by-frame, and there is nothing in Baldwin's ear. The light reflecting on the surface gives it an rather uneven look, but there is nothing there except his skin.]

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Before the plane crashes into the lake, a bird hits the windshield and shatters the glass. When the plane does crash and sink into the lake, the windshield is seen underwater in perfect condition. [Only the pilot's windsheild is blown out from the bird strike, not the passenger's side, which is the only side shown once the plane is underwater.]

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